Barefoot training is still a trendy topic for runners. With the espoused benefits ranging from reducing foot and lower leg injuries to improving satisfaction through being a more 'natural' way to run, it gets sold like an elixir for all that hampers runners.

By enhancing proprioception and challenging your balance, doing some consistent training barefoot you can decrease you chances of injury and are likely to improve aspects of you stride mechanics.

Most athletes I talk to who want begin barefoot training do too much too fast. Here are three ways you can regularly improve your running trough safely incorporating barefoot training.

Hitting the trails barefoot sound fun? Here are a few ways to ease into barefoot running to avoid injury.Brian Feulner/The Oregonian